Environment and Trade: A HandbookUNEP/IISD   
3    The basics of the WTO
   3.4  The key agreements, with a special consideration of those related to the environment
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Three key agreements under the WTO umbrella relate to environment and trade issues: the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade; and the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. Many other agreements have environmental impacts and environmental provisions, and the issues they raise are discussed in greater detail in chapters 5 and 6. But the agreements and provisions discussed below have cross-cutting relevance to the environment-trade interface, and should be understood before the reader goes further.





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